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An international work meeting, devoted to the illegal use of poison against wildlife took place in Sofia on 25.04.2017. The meeting was held within the Vultures Back to LIFE14 NAT/BG/640 project. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Spanish…

16.05.2017 The local teams of Bright Future for Black vulture LIFE14 NAT/BG/649 from Fund for Wild Flora and fauna, Green Balkans and Birds of Prey Protection Society reported the current records: NP Vrachanski Balkan (Vrachanska Mountain) – there are six…

Bright future for Black vulture’s team has met managers from the local electricity providing company CEZ to present and discuss dangerous powerlines and how to stop killing of birds. Emilian Stoynov, who is the Director of Fund for Wild Flora…

The pdf of the new Annual report for the reintroduction of the Griffon Vulture in Kresna Gorge in 2016 is ready. About 50 tons of food provided in 206 events, 6-8 Griffon Vulture pairs formed, 2 successfully fledged young, 61…

February 2017 Kresna Gorge– one pair is laying, while other two are preparing their nests and are close to have their eggs in Kresna Gorge. These are all pairs of birds released in the Gorge. Three other pairs are of…

The census was carried out in the beginning of the winter, when the vultures’ breeding season started. The goal was to determine the numbers of the population of the Griffon vultures on the Balkans, and their age. The annual monitoring…

This year the serial Youth Conference “Kliment’s days” of Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” provided several of events. An Early-career workshop was launched as a part of the Conference, which aimed to meet students and young scientists with employers. Fund…

An annual conference of experts on this species, organised by the VCF – took place in the Hohe Tauern National Park, gathering 80+ conservation managers, researchers, scientists, vulture lovers and government officials from more than 10 countries. Fund for Wild…

FWFF team in Kotel has followed a signal for found dead Griffon vulture. What came out even worse was the fact this bird is the female K5R, which was breeding with the male K0H in 2016 and successfully have hatched…

Our new Kresna Gorge Griffon vulture colony had spent the summer high in Pirin Mountain. Surprisingly, the transhumant cattle and sheep herds have been moved to Pirin National Park and succeeded to feed the vulture’s group for three months. Independent…